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Health care or health scare?
Alison Downham Moore | May 26, 2024Women’s health has been sidelined for centuries. But now that women are finally being heard, some unscrupulous companies are cashing in on the movement and scare-mongering medical marketing may drive more women to undergo unnecessary tests or treatments.
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Food for thought
Hope Johnson | May 26, 2024The recent ACCC report on price gouging by Australia’s supermarket duopoly has found the food giants have consistently abused their power to squeeze both their hard-pressed suppliers and customers to maximise profit for themselves.
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I’m not saying it’s aliens…
Simon Goodwin | May 26, 2024A team of astronomers have poured through recent astronomical survey data to identify seven candidates for alien megastructures, known as Dyson spheres, “deserving of further analysis”.
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You can’t trust your eyes anymore
Scarlett Seow | May 25, 2024Deepfakes are threatening people’s privacy and security and while detection methods using deep learning aim to combat their use in fraud and deception, there’s a long way to go.
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Victim-blaming, manipulation, and denial
Raphaella Saroukos | May 25, 2024Terrorists justify their violent actions and influence public perceptions of harm and agency by manipulating language according to a new Charles Darwin University study.
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Native trees are best for wildlife
Sarah Bekessy | May 25, 2024Tree-lined streets, while far more attractive than their tree-less counterparts, may provide little benefit for biodiversity or native wildlife if they’re filled with a single species of non-native canopy tree.
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Fake news is old news
Una McIlvenna | May 24, 2024News has been falsified for as long as it’s been sold and can be traced as far back as the concept of news itself.
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People, get ready
Open Forum | May 24, 2024The future thinking that Australia needs to meet the increasing severity, length and frequency of natural hazards is outlined in a new report by Natural Hazards Research Australia.
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Australia’s crumbling castle
Open Forum | May 24, 2024Australian networks used to produce iconic shows like The Castle, but the amount and quality of home-grown Australian focused drama on our screens is dwindling, according to a new report from QUT.
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Lives of girls and women
Manina Jones | May 23, 2024Alice Munro, who has died at the age of 92, was one of the world’s most beloved writers of tender, insightful short stories, a Nobel Prize winner, and a Canadian national treasure.
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Simple twist of fate
Michael Allen Fox | May 23, 2024While our ‘fate’ is often seen as determined by inevitable events, a higher power or circumstances beyond our control, our fate is largely in our own hands and determined by our actions, choices and character.
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AI goes to war
Niusha Shafiabady | May 23, 2024There is no doubt that the use of AI will become increasingly prominent in armed conflicts, but policymakers need to be aware of its shortcomings as well as its capabilities.
